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MiGs shot down as bombing of North Vietnam continues - Jul 10, 1965 - HISTORY.com

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U.S. planes continue heavy raids in South Vietnam and claim to have killed 580 guerrillas. U.S. Phantom jets, escorting fighter-bombers in a raid on the Yen Sen ammunition depot northwest of Hanoi, engaged North Vietnamese MiG-17s. Capt. Thomas S. Roberts with his backseater Capt. Ronald C. Anderson, and Capt. Kenneth E. Holcombe and his backseater Capt. Arthur C. Clark shot down two MiG-17s with Sidewinder missiles. The action marked the first U.S. Air Force air-to-air victories of the Vietnam War.

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LTC Stephen F.

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Thanks for remaining us of the first acknowledged air-to-air combat by US aircraft since the Korean war stalled in the armistice in the early 1950s SP5 Mark Kuzinski.
Kudos to Capt. Thomas S. Roberts with his back seater Capt. Ronald C. Anderson, and Capt. Kenneth E. Holcombe and his back seater Capt. Arthur C. Clark who each engaged and shot down enemy MIG-17s with Sidewinder missiles from their USAF Phantom jets.

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